Perhaps you could put together a regular meeting of some like-mined folks to help you think some new thoughts, too, or help you better understand a topic you are all learning for the first time.

Do you have a “study” group or just an informal gathering of folks on a regular basis? Tell us about it in the comments.

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It says…

PHP?
Javascript?
MySQL?
AJAX?
Can you code?
If yes…
My Daddy wants to give you a job! (emphasis mine)

This is wrong!

No one GIVES you a job….you EARN it!

When you talk about GIVING someone a job, it shows a deep misunderstanding of the work world. Unfortunately, it is also a deeply ingrained bias. Employers like to think they are GIVING someone a job like some great benefactor. Instead they should be looking for partners. People who care as much about their company and their work as they do. To start off a relationship with the concept of GIVING someone a job sets entirely the wrong tone.

Despite the economy, workers have many more options today than they have ever had in the past. With all things being equal, workers would much rather work WITH someone than work FOR someone. This is very important — and will grow even more important — in the years to come. The next time you are trying to fill an open position at your company, drop the patronizing attitude of GIVING someone a job and you might just find someone amazing to work WITH you.Together you can achieve great things.

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Sadly, most of the methods listed in this article are fraught with career danger. That is NOT how it should be. You should not have to risk your job to try and make your work — and your company — better.

Each time we let something like this pass, we only make it worse for the next person. The average worker has so little power to effect change without risking their career though. It shouldn’t be that way, but most companies aren’t interested in solving the problem — only in making it go away and firing the worker that complains is often the easiest way.

Situations like this make me wonder how some companies stay in business at all. Imagine how productive they might be if they could resolve some of these issues.

Your Boss Is Bad For You: Why Bad Bosses Infect Your Life and What You Can Do to Stop Them

Those of us who have had to deal with annoying or aggravating bosses know how it’s tough to shake it off at the end of the day, but a new study explains why it’s so hard, and why so many of us suck at it and wind up bringing our stress home—where it doesn’t just hurt you: It hurts your family, your friends, and your other relationships. Let’s look at the study and talk about some ways you can learn to check your bad boss at the office door when you leave work.

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Yes, there might be other specific issue involved in a particular job, but if you can’t get beyond these 3 rules then I don’t think you’ll get the job.

Forbes: Top Executive Recruiters Agree There Are Only Three True Job Interview Questions

[…]

The only three true job interview questions are:

1.  Can you do the job?

2.  Will you love the job?

3.  Can we tolerate working with you?

[…]

Cornerstone International Group CEO, Bill Guy emphasizes the changing nature of motivation,

…younger employees do not wish to get paid merely for working hard—just the reverse: they will work hard because they enjoy their environment and the challenges associated with their work…. Executives who embrace this new management style are attracting and retaining better employees.

Read the entire article for more great information

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Last week I wrote a column about lifetime learning. It seems to be gaining attention in the general world and I think that is a great thing. I saw a blog post today that highlighted some great resources but then mentioned how their own children, 3-4-years-old couldn’t really benefit from these resources.

Yes, that can! The best way that children, even very young children, can benefit from lifetime learning is by watching YOU! Children are sponges that soak up everything around you — your speech patterns, your attitudes, your likes and dislikes. even if you don’t realize it, children are also closely observing what you find important. When they see you learning — in its many forms — it establishes a norm in their minds. They begin to see that learning is something you always do. They see learning as something everyone does, no matter what their age. They see that learning isn’t simply something that happens in grade school or university.

As an example, my son finds it quite normal to visit the library on a nearly weekly basis. My wife and I are big readers and he has gone to the library with us since he was born. He has friends who never visit the library, or only do so when absolutely necessary for schoolwork. It wasn’t that we conciously  modeled this behavior, but model it we did.

You can and should be the same with lifetime learning. Show your children interesting videos, articles and, eventually, books. Show them that experiments are something that are just done in a companies lab. Teach them that every moment of every day can teach us something, if we only pay attention.

No matter how young your children — and I say the younger you start the better — show them that lifetime learning is an integral part of your life and theirs. This simple step could have enormous benefits to them as they grow older. Someone who is constantly learning has great advantage to those who don’t. Beyond the personal benefits, lifetime learning has the potential to create a society of amazing citizens, all dedicated to learning and then putting that learning to use through great creations, organizations and projects.

Photo: My son, Joseph, watching the scientists dig at the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, CA

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Do you have career questions? Drop me a line on Google+ or any of my other blogs or social media sites.

T: I absolutely fail at job interviews. I don’t know what it is but, I could be the most confident person walking in, but as soon as I get in front of the interviewer, especially if it is a job that I really want, I freeze up. I start thinking all of these negative thoughts in my head, and I just know they can read my uneasiness on me. Right now I am applying for an opportunity at Red Cross, and even though it is a volunteer opportunity and not a paying job, they want to interview you for it. I am fearful that I will look good on paper, but not so much in person.

Is there any advice you can give to help me to not sabotage myself at interviews? Any secrets or tricks of the trade to help with my self-confidence?

Douglas: I would call what you are experiencing a “crisis of confidence” and it happens to everyone on occasion. (Been there, done that myself) You allow yourself to get so stressed about what MIGHT happen that you aren’t paying attention to what IS happening. We can all doubt ourselves and our skills on occasion, but you DO have the skills you need, you DO have the knowledge and you CAN do the job. This is true of all of us unless we have some impairment. Look around you and see everything you have accomplished in your life. You can accomplish even more.

The stress can also come from being judged. I know I hate being judged so I can empathize with you. That said, let them judge. You are who you are regardless of what they think about you. You need to feel confident in yourself and it will matter less how they judge you. They will judge you, but you will handle it better because you have an innate confidence in yourself.

Think of the interview as a conversation and treat it as such. I think many of us take an interview much too formally. There should discussion about the job of course, but if the conversation turns in an interesting direction — follow it. If you have an illuminating example of something from your life, share it. Try to show as much about WHO you are as WHAT you know. Remember, an interview is basically about them trying to see if they could stand to be around you day in and day out. (SMILE) Of course, you will want to avoid the typical touchy areas — sex, religion, politics — unless you are working for a company or group who specializes in those areas. No need to go into your drunken revels, either, but that probably doesn’t need to be said. (LAUGH)

Also, You might just be caring too much about getting this job.True to your present circumstances or not, you need to feel like you don’t NEED the job. You may WANT the job. You may LIKE the job, but you don’t NEED it. Feeling needy can stop us in our tracks and, I think, the interviewer can feel it, too. Try to push the NEED from your mind, even if you are feeling that you really do NEED it. You should always feel that you have other options. If not this job, then the next, or maybe the next. You should never feel you are there begging for a job. The company needs you as much as you need them. Remember that always. It is true — and if it isn’t true at this particular company, find a company where it is true.

This neediness has a lot in common with the “desperation factor” that we can sometimes see in others (and maybe ourselves) when we are dating. These people are so desperate to have a date, a girlfriend, a wife that it spills over into their actions. The come on too strong. They come on too needy. They come on as desperate. Other people can sense this desperation and recoil from it, as you have probably done yourself at one time or another. You are not desperate, you are just looking for a job.

Finally, find a quiet place and imagine what a perfect interview would look like.

(INSERT DREAM SEQUENCE HERE)

The interview meets you and provides you a coffee exactly as you love it. Tall Latte, 3 caramel pumps, extra whipped cream. You go to a comfortable office where you sit across from each other in comfortable arm chairs. You chat. You discuss. You have a great conversation. You think, “Hey I could see myself being friends with this person.”

Of course, most interviews won’t go like this, but imagine how would feel if they did. No remember that feeling and keep it within you no matter what actually happens. I hope it will make you feel calm, comfortable and confident, not matter what questions they ask.

I hope this helps on your next interview. Let me know if you have any follow up questions to this topic or any new questions you would like me answer.

T: thank you so much for all your advice. I can only hope that when I go into the next job interview that I can keep all this in mind. 

I have submitted my application with Red Cross and am now awaiting their phone call. That’s another thing I hate – waiting. Even though this is only a volunteer opportunity it is an amazing one and I do hope to get a callback for an interview about it. I have been unemployed for about six months, and it has been 3 months since I last got an interview, even though everyday I have been sending out resumes and attending job fairs. I am running out of options, really.

Douglas: You are very welcome! I hope that it helps you feel better about your interviews.

As for waiting…Go do something else while you wait! 

Don’t sit around waiting and worrying. It is so important to have many “irons in the fire” so you don’t end up obsessing about any one of them.

What else can you be doing?

Want to organize a +CareerCamp International in your area? (SMILE)

How about just getting together with others to share techniques, job leads and more.

Get out there and DO as much as you can. It often leads to bigger and better things you never imagined.

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• FYI @careertips is Douglas E. Welch from the Career Opportunities podcast – http://t.co/XMtas25U
• A1: There are so many traits to call out. Action driven, forward thinking, passionate about their work, self-confident…
• A2: On a resume, I prefer to see a “story” or their accomplishments, not just a list. I think stories have more impact.
• Question: Wouldn’t it be better to go out and find your perfect candidates instead of waiting for them to come to you?
• I would love to see people switch over to that method. Look for those people already presenting themselves well on the ‘Net.
• I find it a bit odd that we are still so focused on paper resumes (or online equivs) and such. Look for people, not paper.
• @DavidGaspin I think a lot of people/companies are relying on a method that is 100+ years old and not embracing new tools.
• Constantly be looking for people who meet your needs everywhere — online forums, chats, G+, Facebook etc.
• People present “what they do and how well they do it” every day. We need to pay more attention.
• For me, resumes might as well be stone tablets, as the “technology” is so archaic. Surely we can come up with a better method.
• For a careerist, I recommend using social media to show people “what you do and how well you do it” every day in every way.
• Get jobs to come to them instead of going out and begging for a job
• @DavidGaspin Not a recruiter. I think that people can/do show more of themselves in their interactions than you evr see on paper
• @DavidGaspin You get a much more rounded idea of their skills and who they are as a person if/when you interact with them.
• @LearnDevelopLLC The trouble is, you want it to be easy for you. You want to use resume as a rubric to cull.
• An example, if you are looking for programmers, do you frequent prog. forums, newsgroups, mailing lists? Why not? That is where
• …your best candidates are already
• …and the best people will be demonstrating their skills at programming, communication and interaction there for you to see
• @DavidGaspin I think that we will see that relying on resumes doesn’t scale. Hence the number of tech jobs going open today
• People are starting to realize the a company has to offer something to them and their career, too. They will go where wanted
• @DavidGaspin You can find the candidates you want to bring in for further discussion and present mgrs with small pool
• @DavidGaspin Just as before, you are just finding your candidates, hopefully better ones, in a different way.
• @DavidGaspin You are going looking for people instead of waiting for them to find you.
• I believe that for certain jobs, recruitment is the only way to go. Candidates simply have too many good options/alternatives
• They aren’t reading the want ads looking for a job. People are already coming to them i.e. recruiting them.
• @benwmaddox Nah, I think recruiters are best lurking in forums and such. Places where people demonstrate their skills and such
• Phone calls are yet another archaic tech I would like to kill off. (LAUGH)
• @SalarySchool ..and I think they should. Find your candidates where they live and work.
• @bizMebizgal To me it seems a no brainer. People are willingly showing you who they are, what they do, why not use it.
• @bizMebizgal Here in LA I am constantly referring people to the Web405 mailing list to find progs/designers/etc
• BTW, before it gets to late – Book Giveaway on blog – The Adversity Paradox – http://t.co/XMtas25U
• @DavidGaspin I see more jobs trending the same way as tech, though. People have more options now and will start to see that.
• @DavidGaspin It is a general movement towards everyone seeing themselves as freelancer even if currently an employee.
• @DavidGaspin Email is the new gold standard for contacts or contacting them using whatever service they use. FB, Twitter, etc.
• @SalarySchool I think we are starting to see the non-competes are nearly unenforceable. Too close to indentured servitude.
• @SalarySchool You can’t take my livelihood from me just because you have competitors.
• @DavidGaspin No, since online interaction is immediate and clearly demonstrates who they are and what they do.
• @DavidGaspin I don’t agree. Online interaction is much more free flowing, open and enlightening than any paper (or LI) resume
• @gg3nyc (Re: One Page Resume) That is one reason I consider the resume archaic. Artificial limitation on content. It is one page as that is…
• …less work for person looking at resumes, not because it has any actual bearing on the information.

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• [Tip] We don’t just need jobs. We need purpose! We need passion! We need projects that improve the world – local and global!
• [TIp] If you are not finding work, try letting work find you. Use social media to demonstrate “What you do and how well you do it!”
• [Tip] Doing everything to avoid being fired means doing nothing for your career and yourself. Don’t let fear make you abandon your career.
• [Tip] Working for a company that doesn’t allow you to build your career is a slow, painful decline. Be aware of what is happening around you
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• [Tip] Working for a company that doesn’t allow you to build your career is a slow, painful decline. Be aware of what is happening around you
• [Tip] You are the only one who really cares about your career, so it is up to you to do what needs to be done to make it great.
• [Tip] I believe it is better to be aggressive, take initiative and be fired, rather than keep your head down and be laid off anyway.
• [Tip] Being a team player is nice, but it never pays to be on a team that is headed nowhere. Sometimes you have to break out.
• [Tip] Are you sharing job leads, career advice, good feelings with others? Why not? Help others to help yourself! Everyone wins!
• [Tip] What have you done for YOUR career today? Doing something for yourself is the highest act of charity towards you career.
• [Tip] We all underestimate our own skills, knowledge and abilities. Don’t. For your own benefit, try to believe that you can do even more.
• [Tip] Want to expand your horizons, knowledge and understanding of the world. Get out of town! Literally. Get out of the country even better
• [Tip] “You can be fired from your job but you’ll never be fired from your career” Radical Careering/Sally Hogshead -http://amzn.to/p9T0js
• [TIP] Do you give back in your career relationships or constantly take. Balance is required for long term health of relationships
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• [Tip] Chances are your work will always be unappreciated. Might as well be unappreciated for doing something you love.
• [Tip] Some see different as wrong and there is little you can do about it…except keep being different and knowing your not wrong.
• [Tip] If you don’t do something today the odds are pretty good you won’t do it tomorrow either. Take one step forward today. Then another.
• [Tip] If you see something as the “same old, same old”, it is a clear sign that change is needed. Don’t ignore these signposts. Change!
• [Tip] If you are not being led by a leader, become one yourself. You will find that others are also missing a leader and will follow you.
• [Tip] Opportunities can arise from anywhere. Be prepared to take advantage of them. They may be odd, or different, but could be next step
• [Tip] Be organized i.e. getting things done, is one of the best traits you can bring to your career. Talk, sure, but Do much more frequently
• [Tip] Give your own career and reputation the dedicated attention that an artist, actor or musician might give. Your career is just as impt!
• [Tip] It is time to start attracting work TO you instead of seeking it out. Tell people what you do and how well you do it.
• [Tip] When a leader begins to control your actions, not enlighten your thinking, it is time to find another. Leaders inform, not control.

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• #CareerChat today at 1EDT/10 PDT. Join in via Tweetchat.com.
• What is accountability?
• Taking responsibility for your action and work and being held responsible for the work you are assigned.
• You also need to hold yourself responsible for your actions, your goals, you achievements and your behavior
• Additionally, accountability also means doing what is best for YOUR career, not just your job.
• Your job description merely describes the minimums of your responsibility
• You have to go well beyond these minimums to thrive and grow in your career
• In some cases, blame DOES need to be assigned as this person is accountable for the poor work/no work they do.
• Admit mistakes AND repair mistakes. Also very important
• Accountability must be equally applied throughout company structure. People inherently sense unfairness when not.
• Remember that being a team player only works if the other members of your team believe it too. Don’t be a doormat/fall guy.
• Setting clear/agreed upon goals and holding workers (and managers) to them.
• I find using tech tools to monitor/update/manage status to be highly preferable to F-2-F mtings. More productive
• Everyone should be able to see status of any project at a glance.
• Simple rule for accountability is: Do what you say you will, when you say you will or renegotiate the agreement.
• Most F-2-F meeting s devolve into any number of useless endeavors. Also status out of date when mtg is over
• What in status? Whatever it takes to be clear — a combination of all types of status
• Projects often come off the rails, because someone isn’t performing and no one knows until too late
• The problem being that not everyone understands professionalism. You will always find those people in every company
• Goals are useful yes, but sometimes we all need to ask WHY a project is moving forward. Good goals on bad project go nowhere.
• Excuses for ducking accountability: I didn’t know. It was THEIR fault. No one told me. It’s not my job.
• Accountability for something, without being given responsibility (or power) to manage it is one of most frustrating work experience.
• No follow through on projects can also point out the perhaps project wasn’t that important and shouldn’t have been pursued at all
• Unfinished projects are a complete waste and employees recognize it as such. Enough such projects and employees go elsewhere
• People want to see their work implemented and respected. Dead end projects provide neither. Horrible moral killer
• Great book on meetings – “Read before out next meeting” -http://amzn.to/pErHEO
• There will always be those who try to avoid responsibility. Identify and avoid them at all costs.

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What are you going to create today?

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Today’s prompt:

Your Personal Message by Eric Handler

To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men, that is genius. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

What is burning deep inside of you? If you could spread your personal message RIGHT NOW to 1 million people, what would you say?

(Author: Eric Handler)

My message: You are responsible for your own happiness and capable of achieving it!

Too many of us think ourselves trapped in convention, trapped in society, trapped in poverty. Yes, there are burdens we all carry to some degree, but we are inventive, creative and resilient beings who have the will and the tools to make life special. Don’t give up trying for a better life. You will never reach perfection, but each step you make along the way will be worth so much.

#Trust30 is an online initiative and 30-day writing challenge that encourages you to look within and trust yourself. Use this as an opportunity to reflect on your now, and to create direction for your future. 30 prompts from inspiring thought-leaders will guide you on your writing.

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When working as an “at will” employee with no contract, there is a constant level of uncertainty and stress that any day could be your last day.

My answer…

Worrying about being unemployed can be as bad as actually being unemployed. Making preparations can go a long way towards easing your worries and providing “peace of mind” regardless of what might happen in your career.

It happens to everyone on occasion so you won’t be wasting time or money to prepare today. Put money aside. Reduce your debt or keep it as low as possible. Learn how to live frugally, yet happily.

Many of the things we “want” in life aren’t really needs. Confusing the two can lead to much trouble. Find what makes you happiest and you will be focusing more on the “needs” side of that equation.

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How Successful People Think is a great book to have around for reviewing the concepts found in other Maxwell books. After reading the longer books, sometimes you just need a reminder, a nudge to help you put those tool back into practice. This book would be perfect to keep close at hand when life and work starts to feel a little overwhelming. After flipping through a few pages, you are sure to get back on track. If you need more help, you can always re-read the more comprehensive books.

You can find more books by John C. Maxwell, including Thinking for a Change, The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, and Developing the Leader Within You via Amazon.com or in The WelchWrite Bookstore.

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Whether you’re about to graduate from a traditional college or finishing up at an online school, you’re probably thinking about how you’re going to get a job once you graduate. The job market is not what it used to be, and you’ll need a full arsenal of tools to find the right position for you. Here, we’ve collected 100 Twitter feeds that can help you in your post-graduation job search.

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